When is your home not your home?
Posted by LaLa on 24 Jun 2005 | Tagged as: Blog
Answer: When it is coveted by a politically connected entity. Thumbs down for the U. S. Supreme Court decision that local governments may seize people’s homes and businesses for private economic development.
Kudos to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who said this means that “any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party. Who among us can say she already makes the most productive or attractive possible use of her property? The specter of condemnation hangs over all property.” Read the story.
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